Monday, February 21, 2011

1970 Alexander MacKenzie

In July 1793, Alexander Mackenzie (1764-1820), fur trader and explorer, was the leader of the first expedition to cross the North American continent from the Atlantic to Pacific north of Mexico.



At the western terminus of his journey point he inscribed "Alex MacKenzie / from Canada / by land / 22d July 1793" on a rock using a reddish paint made of vermilion and bear grease and turned around to return to "Canada".The rock still bears these words which were permanently inscribed later by surveyors:




The Alexander MacKenzie commemorative stamp was issued on June 25, 1970.


National Archives of Canada


First Day Covers


Canada Post Office Publicity First Day Cover


Mailed to the Austrian Philatelist, Vienna, Austria
Insert written in German


Shering





Jackson




Overseas Mailers




Royal Philatelic Society




Rosecraft




H & E




Uncacheted


To Razaieh, Iran
12 cents UPU surface letter rate


Elliot-Marion







Cole Cover




David Pritchard




Usages

Domestic Letter


Toronto local correspondence, July 14, 1970
6 cents domestic letter rate


International Surface Post Card


Toronto to Zagreb, Yugoslavia, August 1970
7 cents UPU surface post card rate

Shortpaid 1 cent and taxed 2/12 :



The Yugoslavian post office charged 0.40 dinar

(The tax fraction system is explained HERE)